Author: Stephen B. Brush
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300130147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
div Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. /DIV
Farmers? Bounty
Author: Stephen B. Brush
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300130147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
div Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. /DIV
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300130147
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
div Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources. /DIV
Perilous Bounty
Author: Tom Philpott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1635573149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and former farmer Tom Philpott. More than a decade after Michael Pollan's game-changing The Omnivore's Dilemma transformed the conversation about what we eat, a combination of global diet trends and corporate interests have put American agriculture into a state of "quiet emergency," from dangerous drought in California--which grows more than 50 percent of the fruits and vegetables we eat--to catastrophic topsoil loss in the "breadbasket" heartland of the United States. Whether or not we take heed, these urgent crises of industrial agriculture will define our future. In Perilous Bounty, veteran journalist and former farmer Tom Philpott explores and exposes the small handful of seed and pesticide corporations, investment funds, and magnates who benefit from the trends that imperil us, with on-the-ground dispatches featuring the scientists documenting the damage and the farmers and activists who are valiantly and inventively pushing back. Resource scarcity looms on the horizon, but rather than pointing us toward an inevitable doomsday, Philpott shows how the entire wayward ship of American agriculture could be routed away from its path to disaster. He profiles the farmers and communities in the nation's two key growing regions developing resilient, soil-building, water-smart farming practices, and readying for the climate shocks that are already upon us; and he explains how we can help move these methods from the margins to the mainstream.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1635573149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An unsettling journey into the disaster-bound American food system, and an exploration of possible solutions, from leading food politics commentator and former farmer Tom Philpott. More than a decade after Michael Pollan's game-changing The Omnivore's Dilemma transformed the conversation about what we eat, a combination of global diet trends and corporate interests have put American agriculture into a state of "quiet emergency," from dangerous drought in California--which grows more than 50 percent of the fruits and vegetables we eat--to catastrophic topsoil loss in the "breadbasket" heartland of the United States. Whether or not we take heed, these urgent crises of industrial agriculture will define our future. In Perilous Bounty, veteran journalist and former farmer Tom Philpott explores and exposes the small handful of seed and pesticide corporations, investment funds, and magnates who benefit from the trends that imperil us, with on-the-ground dispatches featuring the scientists documenting the damage and the farmers and activists who are valiantly and inventively pushing back. Resource scarcity looms on the horizon, but rather than pointing us toward an inevitable doomsday, Philpott shows how the entire wayward ship of American agriculture could be routed away from its path to disaster. He profiles the farmers and communities in the nation's two key growing regions developing resilient, soil-building, water-smart farming practices, and readying for the climate shocks that are already upon us; and he explains how we can help move these methods from the margins to the mainstream.
Minnesota's Bounty
Author: Beth Dooley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816673155
Category : COOKING
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Minnesota's Bounty is a user's guide to shopping and cooking from your local farmers market, and it applies a practical, easy approach to creating a truly seasonal kitchen. Beth Dooley has suggestions and recipes that inspire simple, modern, and healthy meals following an ingredients-first philosophy, helping readers to be more confident and spontaneous both at the market and in the kitchen.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816673155
Category : COOKING
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Minnesota's Bounty is a user's guide to shopping and cooking from your local farmers market, and it applies a practical, easy approach to creating a truly seasonal kitchen. Beth Dooley has suggestions and recipes that inspire simple, modern, and healthy meals following an ingredients-first philosophy, helping readers to be more confident and spontaneous both at the market and in the kitchen.
Bounty from the Box
Author: Mi Ae Lipe
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 0990501108
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 713
Book Description
Bounty from the Box: The CSA Farm Cookbook is your guide to enjoying over 90 different crops grown by community-supported agriculture (CSA) farms across North America. With this book, youll never wonder what to do with your CSA box again.
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 0990501108
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 713
Book Description
Bounty from the Box: The CSA Farm Cookbook is your guide to enjoying over 90 different crops grown by community-supported agriculture (CSA) farms across North America. With this book, youll never wonder what to do with your CSA box again.
Bounty
Author: Iris Graville
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692775981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Welcome to this intimate, behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to bring food from earth to table on Lopez Island, one of Washington State's San Juan Islands. This book, the result of a three-year, community-funded project supported in part by the Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) and Lopez Locavores, adds some new pages to the history of farming on Lopez Island. Here you'll find images and profiles of twenty-eight Lopez Island farms and the people who care for them, along with recipes using the bounty of the farmers' labor. You'll discover how today's farmers are revitalizing the tradition of feeding their community.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692775981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Welcome to this intimate, behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to bring food from earth to table on Lopez Island, one of Washington State's San Juan Islands. This book, the result of a three-year, community-funded project supported in part by the Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) and Lopez Locavores, adds some new pages to the history of farming on Lopez Island. Here you'll find images and profiles of twenty-eight Lopez Island farms and the people who care for them, along with recipes using the bounty of the farmers' labor. You'll discover how today's farmers are revitalizing the tradition of feeding their community.
Farming While Black
Author: Leah Penniman
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603587616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Farming While Black is the first comprehensive "how to" guide for aspiring African-heritage growers to reclaim their dignity as agriculturists and for all farmers to understand the distinct, technical contributions of African-heritage people to sustainable agriculture. At Soul Fire Farm, author Leah Penniman co-created the Black and Latino Farmers Immersion (BLFI) program as a container for new farmers to share growing skills in a culturally relevant and supportive environment led by people of color. Farming While Black organizes and expands upon the curriculum of the BLFI to provide readers with a concise guide to all aspects of small-scale farming, from business planning to preserving the harvest. Throughout the chapters Penniman uplifts the wisdom of the African diasporic farmers and activists whose work informs the techniques described--from whole farm planning, soil fertility, seed selection, and agroecology, to using whole foods in culturally appropriate recipes, sharing stories of ancestors, and tools for healing from the trauma associated with slavery and economic exploitation on the land. Woven throughout the book is the story of Soul Fire Farm, a national leader in the food justice movement.--AMAZON.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603587616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Farming While Black is the first comprehensive "how to" guide for aspiring African-heritage growers to reclaim their dignity as agriculturists and for all farmers to understand the distinct, technical contributions of African-heritage people to sustainable agriculture. At Soul Fire Farm, author Leah Penniman co-created the Black and Latino Farmers Immersion (BLFI) program as a container for new farmers to share growing skills in a culturally relevant and supportive environment led by people of color. Farming While Black organizes and expands upon the curriculum of the BLFI to provide readers with a concise guide to all aspects of small-scale farming, from business planning to preserving the harvest. Throughout the chapters Penniman uplifts the wisdom of the African diasporic farmers and activists whose work informs the techniques described--from whole farm planning, soil fertility, seed selection, and agroecology, to using whole foods in culturally appropriate recipes, sharing stories of ancestors, and tools for healing from the trauma associated with slavery and economic exploitation on the land. Woven throughout the book is the story of Soul Fire Farm, a national leader in the food justice movement.--AMAZON.
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Author: Michelle Schaub
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1632895730
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This collection of poems takes young readers to a day at an urban farmers’ market. Who to see, what to eat, and how produce is grown—it’s all so exciting, fresh, and delicious. Readers are invited to peruse the stands and inspect vendors’ wares with poems like “Farmer Greg’s Free-Range Eggs,” “Summer Checklist,” and “Necessary Mess.” Bright and vibrant, this is the perfect guide for little ones to take with them on marketing day to inspire literacy and healthy eating. A pleasing window into the world of the farmers’ market — School Library Journal, starred review Sprightly illustrations and engaging rhymes will leave readers eager to sample market bounty — Kirkus Reviews This cheerful collection of verse offers an enticing introduction to farmers’ markets — Booklist
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1632895730
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This collection of poems takes young readers to a day at an urban farmers’ market. Who to see, what to eat, and how produce is grown—it’s all so exciting, fresh, and delicious. Readers are invited to peruse the stands and inspect vendors’ wares with poems like “Farmer Greg’s Free-Range Eggs,” “Summer Checklist,” and “Necessary Mess.” Bright and vibrant, this is the perfect guide for little ones to take with them on marketing day to inspire literacy and healthy eating. A pleasing window into the world of the farmers’ market — School Library Journal, starred review Sprightly illustrations and engaging rhymes will leave readers eager to sample market bounty — Kirkus Reviews This cheerful collection of verse offers an enticing introduction to farmers’ markets — Booklist
Farmers' Markets of the Heartland
Author: Janine MacLachlan
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252094190
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
A visual feast of the Midwest's homegrown bounty In this splendidly illustrated book, food writer and self-described farm groupie Janine MacLachlan embarks on a tour of seasonal markets and farmstands throughout the Midwest, sampling local flavors from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She conducts delicious research as she meets farmers, tastes their food, and explores how their businesses thrive in the face of an industrial food supply. She tells the stories of a pair of farmers growing specialty crops on a few acres of northern Michigan for just a few months out of the year, an Ohio cattle farm that has raised heritage beef since 1820, and a Minnesota farmer who tirelessly champions the Jimmy Nardello sweet Italian frying pepper. Along the way, she savors vibrant red carrots, slurpy peaches, vast quantities of specialty cheeses, and some of the tastiest pie to cross anyone's lips. Informed by debates about eating local, seasonal crops, organic farming, sanitation, and biodiversity, Farmers' Markets of the Heartland tantalizes with special recipes from farm-friendly chefs and dozens of luscious color photographs that will inspire you to harvest the homegrown flavors in your own neighborhood.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252094190
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
A visual feast of the Midwest's homegrown bounty In this splendidly illustrated book, food writer and self-described farm groupie Janine MacLachlan embarks on a tour of seasonal markets and farmstands throughout the Midwest, sampling local flavors from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She conducts delicious research as she meets farmers, tastes their food, and explores how their businesses thrive in the face of an industrial food supply. She tells the stories of a pair of farmers growing specialty crops on a few acres of northern Michigan for just a few months out of the year, an Ohio cattle farm that has raised heritage beef since 1820, and a Minnesota farmer who tirelessly champions the Jimmy Nardello sweet Italian frying pepper. Along the way, she savors vibrant red carrots, slurpy peaches, vast quantities of specialty cheeses, and some of the tastiest pie to cross anyone's lips. Informed by debates about eating local, seasonal crops, organic farming, sanitation, and biodiversity, Farmers' Markets of the Heartland tantalizes with special recipes from farm-friendly chefs and dozens of luscious color photographs that will inspire you to harvest the homegrown flavors in your own neighborhood.
Connecticut Farmer & Feast
Author: Emily Brooks
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076276919X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated cookbook with profiles of the people and their produce Meet fifty of the passionate farmers who proudly contribute the locally grown produce, meats, cheeses, and other food items featured in farm stands and top restaurants throughout the Nutmeg State. Connecticut Farmer & Feast is a labor of love—a heartfelt invitation into the lives of Connecticut farmers and the magic they produce from the soil. With sumptuous full-color photos and elegantly written profiles throughout—showcasing lives rich in both food and history—this book carries the added bonus of up to three individually created recipes featuring each producer’s specialty food. Connecticut Farmer & Feast reconnects Nutmeggers, whether they reside within or beyond state lines, to the bounty of Connecticut, and serves as a memento of food experiences for visitors as well. Above all, it is a guide, a reference, and a friendly introduction for anyone who wants to put a face to their food—and understand where their food is from and how it was produced. Emily Brooks is a revolutionary new face of the local food and sustainable agriculture movements. Founder of Edibles Advocate Alliance (ediblesadvocatealliance.org) and the founder and director of Bridges Healthy Cooking School, Chef Emily nurtures social entrepreneurs who support local agriculture, sustainable farming, and sustainable food systems. She is the creator of Buy Local Connecticut and is a regular local food and sustainability expert on National Public Radio (NPR). ALSO AVAILABLE Food Lovers’ Guide to Connecticut, 3rd (3/2010; 978-0-7627-5280-5) Connecticut Icons (11/2006; 978-0-7627-3548-8) Connecticut Curiosities (11/2010; 978-0-7627-5988-0) Connecticut Off the Beaten Path, 8th (5/2009; 978-0-7627-5131-0) Seasons of Connecticut (6/2010; 978-0-7627-5907-1) Hudson River Valley Farms (7/2009; 978-0-7627-4892-1)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 076276919X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated cookbook with profiles of the people and their produce Meet fifty of the passionate farmers who proudly contribute the locally grown produce, meats, cheeses, and other food items featured in farm stands and top restaurants throughout the Nutmeg State. Connecticut Farmer & Feast is a labor of love—a heartfelt invitation into the lives of Connecticut farmers and the magic they produce from the soil. With sumptuous full-color photos and elegantly written profiles throughout—showcasing lives rich in both food and history—this book carries the added bonus of up to three individually created recipes featuring each producer’s specialty food. Connecticut Farmer & Feast reconnects Nutmeggers, whether they reside within or beyond state lines, to the bounty of Connecticut, and serves as a memento of food experiences for visitors as well. Above all, it is a guide, a reference, and a friendly introduction for anyone who wants to put a face to their food—and understand where their food is from and how it was produced. Emily Brooks is a revolutionary new face of the local food and sustainable agriculture movements. Founder of Edibles Advocate Alliance (ediblesadvocatealliance.org) and the founder and director of Bridges Healthy Cooking School, Chef Emily nurtures social entrepreneurs who support local agriculture, sustainable farming, and sustainable food systems. She is the creator of Buy Local Connecticut and is a regular local food and sustainability expert on National Public Radio (NPR). ALSO AVAILABLE Food Lovers’ Guide to Connecticut, 3rd (3/2010; 978-0-7627-5280-5) Connecticut Icons (11/2006; 978-0-7627-3548-8) Connecticut Curiosities (11/2010; 978-0-7627-5988-0) Connecticut Off the Beaten Path, 8th (5/2009; 978-0-7627-5131-0) Seasons of Connecticut (6/2010; 978-0-7627-5907-1) Hudson River Valley Farms (7/2009; 978-0-7627-4892-1)
Edges of Bounty
Author: William E. Justice
Publisher: Heyday
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Road trips through the heart of California to find the roadside stands and the people who do things the old ways
Publisher: Heyday
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Road trips through the heart of California to find the roadside stands and the people who do things the old ways